3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Hand pulled at the Old Joint Stock, Birmingham. Jet black, with a menacing brown head. The name led me to expect something smoky, and this did have an ash flavour, especially in the aftertaste. This had a medium-thick mouthfeel, and lots of fruit notes - blackberry etc, and a hoppy IPA wave of flavour near the finish. Not too bad, but a tiny bit harsh.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at Walsall beer festival. Dark brown pour with a tan head. Roasted aroma with strong coffee and chocolate. Same aspects in flavor with a bitter finish.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
June 2010: A pint taken at ’The Plough’ in Worcester, very close to the cathedral.
The beer is very dark, with next to no head, just a tan coloured collar surrounding the inside of the glass.
Smokey malts, peat bogs, earthy smoke feel to the smell.
The taste was coffee, dark chocolate and smoked hams. I thought the body a bit thin for the flavours and on the sweet side of dry.
Different and OK.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
cask at the Walsall beer festival 2012.
Almost no head. Clear deep ruby pour. Very nice!
3 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: FEB 13, 2012 Impressive stout. 500ml bottle from Stirchley Wines, Birmingham.
Intense flavour, almost burnt back of mouth.
Retried (bottle) Feb 2012: Little aroma. Smokey taste remains. Not as powerful a taste as previous sample. Goes to prove that there are batch differences with bottle conditioned ales. (Score 14, previous tasting 18).
Still good.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at Battersea Beer Festival, 9th Feb 2011. Very dark brown, small tan head. Lots of great strong roasty notes as it warms. Palate is smooth and quite light. Really nice stout, especially if you prefer the roasted/smoky style.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
(Bottled)Tick every box for a low booze session stout with this, not that they’re often interesting at this ABV , but it Looks like text book stout ; nose is there in faint roast -=textures in the mouth are smooth and yet bitterly roasted and biting , milk chocolate creaminess is suave . Lots of pleasant upbeat stoutie vibes herrree.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Newcastle Town FC Beer Festival. Pours black, rich texture, very smoky start, chocolate with a bitter finish. Good stuff.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (Cambridge Blue, Cambridge)
7 Lovely rich burnt aroma.
5 Black, tan head.
7+ Lovely. What else can I say? Rich roasty and toasy body, very moreish.
4+ Full body, soft carbonation. Finish toasty and a little burnt.
14 Full, and very heavy, but without losing any drinkability. A great stout.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask - Old Silk Mill, Derby. Poured with a small though lasting, creamy light brown head atop a thick black body. Packed with chocolate and roasted malt on the nose. Again, really roasty, smokey, a bit ashy on the end with lots of coffee bitterness too. Rich and medium-full on the palate, soft, rounded carbonation with a good length finish. A cracking stout.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask-conditioned at the Staffordshire Beer festival, Seven Stars, Bristol 6/10/10. Opaque black with a thin, tan head. Massive, smoky aroma with plenty of charcoal, dark chocolate and a hint of hedgerow fruit. Flavour had more intense roastiness, chocolate and a huge, lingering bitter finish. Excellent.
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